Re: [Chrysler300] 300H REAR SPRINGS QUESTION

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Tom
My 65 300L has 7 leaves on each side. Don't know about a 4 speed.
Ray
San Jose Ca.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Denkler 
  To: jblken@xxxxxxxxxxx ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; lettercars@xxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 9:54 AM
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300H REAR SPRINGS QUESTION


  Anyone know how many leaves 65 300 L has?

  is 4 speed diffeerent?

  Thanks,

  Tom Denkler

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  From: <lettercars@xxxxxxx>
  To: <jblken@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 7:45 AM
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300H REAR SPRINGS QUESTION

  >
  > Hi Ken and All:
  > I don't know if anyone answered your spring leaf question, but didn't see 
  > it
  > on the listserver, at any rate. The 300H has six leaves, convert or
  > hardtop, rt. or left. The spring rate is 125 lbs/in (160 at the wheel). 
  > Since
  > these specifications are the same as the Newport station wagon, I suspect 
  > the
  > springs might be the same.
  >
  > On the rear seatbelt question both you and Fern had---I am not sure I can 
  > be
  > of too much help, other than to say I have put anchors in both my "H" 
  > convert
  > and "F" convert. The "H" was done so long ago (35 years or so) that I 
  > don't
  > remember how I located them. I suspect so that I could route them under 
  > the
  > plywood. On the 300F, much more recently, I found dimples in the floor 
  > pan
  > that I assumed were for the purpose of seat belt anchor location, so 
  > utilized
  > them. Since I haven't installed the actual rear seatbelts yet, I can't 
  > say
  > how that will work out. Will have to be done pretty soon, though. On 
  > your
  > 300Hs, I think I would try to find the dimples and use them. Hopefully, 
  > by
  > 1962 some design work went into the prefered location of the rear 
  > anchors.
  > Hope this helps a little.
  > 300ly, Gil Cunningham
  > Tallahassee, FL
  > (Hoping for a bit of rain today!)
  >
  > In a message dated 7/20/2006 1:39:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
  > jblken@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
  >
  > Help! - how many rear leafs is there in the 300H
  > convert (or hdt). is the right side suppose to have
  > more leafs then the left side? I assembled 7 leafs,
  > both sides, but the front clamp band, of one
  > reassembled spring (I took spring apart so many years
  > ago along with others that I do not remember the
  > assembly or if I got all the leaf count), was still
  > loose so I stuck a short 12" half leaf to fill the
  > band. I stuck this (now 8 leaf count) spring on the
  > right side. The other spring, in which the clamp band
  > was fully filled with just 7 leafs, - I installed on
  > the left side. Today I installed the freshly restored
  > rear axial but holding off tighten it untill I hear
  > some comments.
  >
  > Thanks in advance - Ken Wilson
  >
  >
  >
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